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Light infantry also commonly wore a narrow waist belt instead of the customary shoulder belt. [99] The 52nd did not adopt the "Belgic cap" but retained the stovepipe shako throughout the Napoleonic period; it was adorned with the brass bugle badge and green plumes of the light infantry. [111] In the 52nd, officers' plumes were made from horsehair.
The Story of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (The Old 43rd and 52nd Regiments). Naval & Military Press. ISBN 978-1843421184. Tillett, JMA (1993). An Outline History of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1741-1990. The Regiment. The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry War Chronicle Vol 1V 1944/45 ...
Officers of the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot from 1755 to its amalgamation with the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Light Infantry in 1881 when it became the 2nd Battalion The Oxfordshire Light Infantry. The Battalion was renamed the 2nd Battalion The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in 1908.
The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Museum was established at the barracks in 1925 [7] and during the Second World War the barracks were used as a base for the Home Guard. [8] The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry left the barracks in 1959 and, although the men's quarters were retained, the keep was subsequently ...
The 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) retained the Battle honours of the 1st Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 43rd and 52nd. [4] The regiment's depot was at Peninsula Barracks, Winchester, Hampshire. [5] Bushfield Camp, near Winchester, was used as a temporary depot from 1961 to April 1964. [6]
Soldiers (other ranks) of the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot from 1755 to its amalgamation with the 43rd (Monmouthshire) Light Infantry in 1881 when it became the 2nd Battalion The Oxfordshire Light Infantry. The Battalion was renamed the 2nd Battalion The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in 1908.
The 43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1741.Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) to form the 1st and 2nd battalions of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry in 1881.
Includes soldiers and non-commissioned officers of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 43rd Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) and the 52nd Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) which became the 1st and 2nd battalions of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry.